Executive Steering Committee

Niclas Ihrén Director at Tällberg Foundation, an independent think tank and convenor of global dialogues and strategic conversations in the interest of the "Whole".

Former CEO of Globe Forum, a global sustainability business network. Founder and CEO of the business incubator Innovation Council. Founder and CEO of the consulting company Creatinity.

Mr Ihrén is a globalist and new thinker with broad expertise from international management and business transformation. He is a regular writer on sustainability issues and innovations, and he is an appreciated public speaker on sustainability, business innovation and market trends.

His industry expertise ranges from energy systems & utilities to innovative internet business models. He has deep knowledge from the energy industry, cleantech, internet, web 2.0. He also covers financial services, telecoms, pulp & paper, FMCG and other industries. He works with small startups as well as with global companies. Broad experience from general management, internationalisation, sales and marketing, PR, business strategy, CSR, organisation change and major industry and company transformations.


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Mr Alec Arho Havrén Founder

Mrs Sari Arho Havrén Co-founder, Executive Director

Dr Niclas Ihrén Sustainability Expert, Advisor to Tällberg Foundation, Global Utmaning and the World Ecological Forum

Ms Anna Hrdlicka Licentiate of Technology in Real Estate Economics

Bishop Lennart Koskinen Lutheran Church of Sweden

Mr Alfred Kwok Co-founder, Savantas Policy Institute, Hong Kong

Mr Tomas Otterström Deputy CEO at GreenStream Network Plc

Mrs Marianne Samuelsson former governor of Gotland (Environmental/Green party)

Professor Derek Shearer former US Ambassador to Finland and professor at Occidental University

Ms. Saara Kankaanrinta Secretary-General of BSAG, Content Leader of Baltic Sea Action Summit 2010

Professor Kai Wartiainen Architect, Creative Director, Pöyry Architects

Dr Po Chi Wu Visiting Professor and Co-founding Executive Director of the Global Innovation Research Center, Peking University and Co-founder and Managing Director of DragonBridge Capital, California, USA

Mr. Pasi Rutanen Former Ambassador of Finland to OECD and to the Peoples Republic of China

Ms. Carola Wictorsson Marketing Director, Jyvaskyla Innovation

Ms. Doris Kwan CEO, Brainworks Asia Ltd.

Charles Gloor Co-founder and Managing Director of Birgli